Director Shareholding

Brown (N.) Group PLC
6 June 2001



The company has been informed that, as a result of the sale on 5th June 2001 of
14,816 shares of the company by the N Brown Group PLC No.2 Employee Share
Ownership Trust ('the No.2 Trust') to an employee within the group on exercise
of their long term incentive share plan awards, and as a result of the purchase
of 14,816 shares of the company by the Trustees of the No.2 Trust, the number of
shares held by the No.2 Trust, in which Mr Jim Martin (Chief Executive) and Mr
Tim Kowalski (Finance Director) together with other employees within the group,
are technically interested as potential beneficiaries, has remained at 286,331
shares.

The total consideration received for the sale referred to above was £2.